Position Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of "shaping a sustainable world together" we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Position Overview:

The Novelis Kennesaw team is seeking a Solar Development, Chemistry R&D Co-Op The person in this role will report to the Principal Scientist, Global Roadmap Leader, Theresa MacFarlane. The ideal candidate will be responsible for development and screening of electron transport layers (ETL) for solar applications. This position will be responsible for this key deliverable for the solar perovskite project and determine whether an aluminum substrate can be used for a perovskite solar cell. This position will begin in May 2025 and End in December 2025.

Responsibilities:

Develop flame pyrolysis process for a uniform deposition of ETL's.
Collaborate with external supplies to source precursors and samples for testing.
Determine optimum coating thickness for an ETL on aluminum for each process route in collaboration with the team at Novelis/GT.
Use chemical analysis techniques to determine uniformity and composition of coating layer deposited in each case.

Minimum Qualifications:

Ideally Chemistry/ Chemical engineering graduate and any year.

Preferred Qualifications:

Thorough/Detail oriented
Chemistry knowledge
Hands on / trouble shooting ability (ability to work comfortably with lab equipment)
Networking skills
Presentation skills
Safety awareness

What We Offer:

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family's well-being:

Combined housing and relocation stipend for out of state interns or interns outside an extended radius
Competitive pay

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoffs, recalls, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training, are without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Location Profile

Novelis' Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cutting-edge full-service research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including world-class engineers metallurgists chemists scientists technologists and technicians. The facility includes state-of-the-art lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural opportunities and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

Novelis Global R&T jobs

Solar Development, Chemistry R&D Co-op